Comparison of physiological responses to oxidative and heavy metal stress in seedlings of rice paddy, Oryza sativa L.

作     者：YU Guo\|ying, WANG Guo\|ping, HE Chi\|quan (Lab for Wetland Process and Environment, Changchun Institute of Geography, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130021,China E\|mail: yuguoying@***) 

作者机构：中科院长春地理所 湿地环境开放实验室 吉林 长春 1 3 0 0 2 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2000年第12卷第4期

页      面：458-462页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

主　　题：adaptive response oxidative stress heavy metal antioxidant enzymes glutathione phytochelatin 

摘      要：Physiological responses on the bases of activities of antioxidant enzymes: peroxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase as well as estimation of total protein, lipid peroxidation and thiols in the form of protein, non\|protein, glutathione and phytochelatin measured in growing seedlings of paddy, Oryza sativa L., from day 2 to 8 were compared following treatment of seeds for 5h with oxidative agents, paraquat 5 × 10 -5 , 10 -4 , 10 -3 mol/L, H 2O 2 10 -3 , 5×10 -3 , 10 -2 mol/L, and CdCl 2 10 -5 , 10 -4 , 5×10 -3 mol/L. A significant induction of all antioxidant enzymes along with an increase in the levels of protein, lipid peroxidation and glutathione was noted in response to oxidative stress, CdCl 2 induced significant peroxidase and catalase activities but not superoxide dismutase. In a marked contrast from oxidative stress, CdCl 2 decreased glutathione reductase activity as well as glutathione levels but increased phytochelatin level. The different physiological responses thus underlined the crucial involvement of glutathione and phytochelatin in the oxidative and heavy metal\|linduced adaptive responses respectively.